cailler

Meaning

  1. to curdle, clot
  2. (slang) to be very cold, to be brass monkeys
  3. (slang) to be very cold, to freeze

Concepts

curdle

clot

coagulate

freeze

freeze to death

curd

thicken

bust ass cold

congeal

cool

evaporation

set

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.je/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French quailler, coaillier, from Vulgar Latin *coaglāre/ *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coaguler, which was borrowed.

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